46: 046 Because I am in the midst of this mountain 46: 046 Because I am in the midst of this mountain “Shu Rui, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
Li Shuru withdrew her gaze, clearly disingenuous, and suddenly beca sowhat restless.
Who Brother Han of Ling Shiqi referred to was uncertain, but the comnts from the audience in the live stream were enough to clarify things.
At this mont, Han Jiang Lonely Shadow was likely watching Ling Shiqi’s live stream.
After all, having been in this industry for several months, if you include making videos, for over a year, Li Shuru of course understood to what lengths so content creators would go for views and followers.
Moreover, for soone like Han Jiang Lonely Shadow, a once-in-a-lifeti big spender.
Although apart from sending her sky-high priced gifts, there hadn’t been much interaction, but Li Shuru could not help but feel a strong sense of crisis growing within her.
It was as if sothing that belonged to her was being taken by soone else.
She took out her phone, opened the Starry Sky app, typed, deleted, hesitated, and still sent out a ssage.
“Are you watching Ling Shiqi’s live stream?”
anwhile.
The “ding-dong” notification from the Starry Sky app rang on Jiang Chen’s phone next to her.
Li Shuru glanced at him subconsciously but quickly looked away, her attention fully focused on Han Jiang Lonely Shadow.
She’d never been so “twisted around soone’s finger” over a man before, soone she’d never even t.
Jiang Chen opened the ssaging page, saw the nickna Shuru Sonya, and then looked towards the beauty queen of the art college next to him.
She was holding her phone and staring at the screen with a distracted look, as if her soul was not present.
“Mhm.”
He replied with one word, honestly, then silently observed Li Shuru’s reaction.
Looking at the one-word reply in the chat box, Li Shuru bit her lip, and for a mont, didn’t know how to continue the “interaction.”
After all, she was not Ling Shiqi, and even if she wanted to “trap” this big spender, deep down she cared about maintaining a girl’s modesty and had trouble shedding her pride.
Watching her acting like she was chatting with the man of her dreams, nervous and hesitant, revising every ssage, Jiang Chen found it secretly amusing.
What would her reaction be if she knew the person on the other end of the chat was him?
The idea alone seed highly entertaining.
Despite his anticipation, Jiang Chen was not impulsive and didn’t reveal his identity rashly.
“I just happened to stumble upon it.”
He replied again.
This was probably the warst he had ever been since getting to know Li Shuru as Han Jiang Lonely Shadow.
Li Shuru, who was fretting over how to reply, saw the other party send a ssage that seed explanatory and felt sowhat caught off guard.
After all, he had always been quite indifferent to her, often ignoring her ssages.
After snapping out of her daze, a spontaneous burst of joy spread across her cheeks, and without hesitation, her slender fingers quickly tapped the keyboard.
“Oh, I thought you specifically went to watch her.”
That tone.
It was just like coquetry.
Jiang Chen looking at the phone, was filled with emotions but didn’t forget to type, “How could I?
She’s not as pretty as you.”
Seeing the other party being unusually “talkative” today, how could Li Shuru let go of this chance to deepen their connection, especially since she was very curious about this elusive tycoon.
“You haven’t even t , how do you know what I look like in real life?”
“What do you an I haven’t seen you, I’ve seen you many tis already.”
Of course, Li Shuru wouldn’t grasp the deep aning of his words and replied, “The live streams all have beauty filters, aren’t you afraid I’m really ugly in person?”
“Are you talking about Qiao Biluo?”
Li Shuru sent back a smiley face emoji.
“So, what do you think I am like?”
Jiang Chen asked aningfully, anwhile, he glanced at the side.
At this mont, the beauty queen of the art college was completely imrsed in the conversation, completely ignoring the outside world.
“You must be quite young, right?”
“How old do you think I am?”
“Thirty?”
“Guess again.”
“Twenty-eight?”
Although they had never t, Li Shuru instinctively felt that the other person was young—perhaps this was a woman’s sixth sense.
“Not exactly.”
As she looked at the chat interface, Li Shuru was genuinely surprised.
Could he be younger than twenty-eight?
“Actually, I’m still a student.”
Jiang Chen didn’t keep her in suspense any longer.
“You’re still a minor?!”
Li Shuru’s complexion changed.
She knew that legally, gifts sent by minors had to be fully refunded!
And she had already spent part of that money on a car.
Catching sight of her anxious gaze upon the phone, Jiang Chen almost couldn’t help laughing out loud.
“What are you thinking?
I’m in university, I’ll graduate next year.”
Seeing this, Li Shuru let out a sigh of relief, then again felt a bit incredulous.
“You’re saying you’re a senior?”
“Yes.”
Li Shuru found it bewildering.
Previously, just like Xu Siyi and the others had guessed, she thought the other person might be a successful, diamond-bachelor tycoon, but it turned out he, like her, was also a university student.
This ant the ostentatious patron wasn’t much older than her.
“Are you joking with ?”
Li Shuru suspected he was just teasing her.
A student with such vast wealth?
Even for those with ‘Scallion-Peeling’ levels of wealth, parents wouldn’t give so much money to be squandered while studying, right?
“Do you think I need to joke with you?”
Li Shuru thought she might have angered him and quickly explained, “No, I an… don’t your parents control your spending?”
“My parents are no longer around.”
Upon reading this ssage, Li Shuru involuntarily paused.
She subconsciously thought of the ‘Tomato Tycoon.’
Could it be that like in the movies, this ‘Lone Shadow by the Cold River’ also inherited a large fortune?
Hence the reckless and profligate spending?
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.”
Li Shuru bit her lip, hesitated for a long ti, but couldn’t help asking one more question.
“May I ask which university you attend?”
“Why?
Are you that interested in ?”
Li Shuru was not shy, and said frankly, “If there’s an opportunity, I would like to thank you in person.”
“Just to say thanks?”
Li Shuru wasn’t a naive young girl, such a degree of flirtation was nothing to her, and she even playfully countered with a question, “What else?”
Jiang Chen’s lips slightly curled up.
“There will be an opportunity.”
Li Shuru felt a bit disappointed.
“Who are you chatting with?”
At that mont, a voice ca from beside her.
Li Shuru swiftly put down the phone, composed herself, and without turning her head said, “None of your business.”
“Shu Rui, you’re not falling in love, are you?”
Jiang Chen seed anxious.
Li Shuru couldn’t be bothered to respond and simply put on her eye mask, leaned back in the seat to rest, clearly signaling ‘do not disturb.’
Outside the bus window, skyscrapers slowly beca sparse, the air gradually clearer, as the bus steadily headed out of East Sea City.
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